The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters
In England and Wales

Table of Contents

Part I:
1. Criminal Justice
Section 1. Police Courts, or Petty Sessions:
2. The duties of Justices of the Peace
3. The preliminary examination, before magistrates, of persons accused of grave crimes
4. The summary jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace
5. Summary jurisdiction in certain indictable cases
6. Right of trial by jury
7. Powers of one Justice acting alone
8. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in civil matters
9. Affiliation orders
10. Separation orders under S. J. (M. W.) Act, 1895
11. Appeals from Justices of the Peace
12. General observations on powers and duties of Justices of the Peace
Part II: Section 2. Quarter Sessions
Section 3. Assizes:
13. The Central Criminal Court
14. The Grand Jury
15. The Indictment
16. The Coroner's Inquest
17. The Petty Jury, of Jury of Trial
18. The order of a criminal trial
Section 4. The High Court
Section 5. The Court of Criminal Appeal
Section 6. The House of Lords as a Criminal Court:
19. The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Director of Public Prosecutions
Part III:
20. Recent legislation
21. The Probation of Offenders Act, 1907
22. The Prevention of Crime Act, 1908
23. The Children Act, 1908
24. Statistics
Appendixes.